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| Written by Mitch |
| Monday, 09 June 2008 08:14 |
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The Minnesota Monitor - the two-year-old lefty flak site supported by the “Center for Independent Media”, which initially set up shop in space shared with George Soros’ “Media Matters for America”, and is currently floated by a bevy of lefty organizations, has rebranded itself The Minnesota Independent. Was it because of a desire to put their past - dubious ethics, shoddy, giggly fratboy/sororitychick-level reporting, plunging traffic, their long dissembling masquerade as an “independent” operation until the truth leaked out - behind them? I’m inclined to think not; the changes seem to be all cosmetic (of which more below); all but one of the Center for Independent Media’s operations are now named “…Independent”, though. On the upside: The new design is better. Forget politics for a moment. Graphics, sure - but I’m a usability guy; graphics are for kIdZ with Photoshop. But the site’s overall interaction design is a huge improvement. And the old, frustrating, utterly opaque comment engine seems to have been finally, unlamentedly flushed. I presume the new one is better, but I don’t know; I haven’t left a comment yet. Either has anyone else in quite some time, from the looks of it. Unchanged; the staff, the relentless sunshine-up-the-trousers flakkery, and of course the “Code of Ethics“. Anyway - welcome to the big world, “MinnIndy“. Cross-posted at Shot in the Dark. Comments welcome. |
